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War in Heaven (?), Jacob de Wit

Jacob de Wit

War in Heaven (?)

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War in Heaven (?), 1732

Blatt: 157 x 199 mm

Physical Description: Pen and dark brown ink, brush and grey, brown and ochre ink, corrections in lead white

Inventory Number: 2005

Object Number: 2005 Z

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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About the Work

This extremely dynamic composition is thought to represent the “War in Heaven” – that is, a battle between the powers of good and evil, heaven and hell. As there is no known painting after this drawing, we cannot determine the motif with absolute certainty. Dashed off with forceful strokes of the pen, the warring figures form a whirlwind of bodies. To distribute the light and shade, the artist took a brush in hand.

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Title: War in Heaven (?)

Draughtsman

Jacob de Wit

Verso: Ausschreitende Figur mit vor der Brust verschränkten Armen und leicht nach vorn gebeugtem Oberkörper, dazu über das Blatt verstreute Federproben

Period Produced

18th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Pen and dark brown ink, brush and grey, brown and ochre ink, corrections in lead white

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Netherlandish

Production Reason

composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert unten links (mit der Feder in Dunkelgrau): JdWit

Captions Added Later: Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), der linke geschwärzt

Watermark: Nicht vorhanden

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18.02.2025